calypsopub

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[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OG Princess Leia

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, my first color inkjet was an HP and it was an absolute workhorse. I had a graphic design business and I remember printing 1500 4-page newsletters for a client who couldn't wait for a regular printing press due to a deadline. I stayed up all night feeding paper into that thing and had to change the black ink cartridge twice, for about $50 each, during the whole ordeal. I loved that printer. When it finally died after 15 years or so, I tried to find another HP that could do the job. What a mistake. Current models are hot garbage.

So now I have an Epson Ecotank which I bought three years ago and literally have not yet had to purchase additional ink past the first set of bottles that came with it. Sadly, the photo printing quality is not as good as the old HP, but for my purposes it is perfect.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Anecdotally, I recently had an issue with my printer and used Google to search for the exact error message (something like ' "error 4308e ink absorber pad is full" Brother JW539DW ') and the first three pages of results were random garbage about other things. If other search engines are worse, we are doomed.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Bingo. Most of these tax schemes will hurt the renter, not the landlord.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Not sarcastic. It would be such a relief.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But at least you can get taxis. The car-free utopia leaves out a lot of people like disabled and elderly.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it be great if we could each have our own private pods?

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As a woman, I really feel bad for men in our society, especially straight men. They get very little positive interaction at all. I like to compliment strangers; it usually makes my day when somebody says, "I like your hair," or whatever, and I like to spread the joy. But I have to be cautious about giving compliments to men. A lot of them look at me weirdly if I say, "nice tie," or "snazzy shirt." I smile, say it, then move on so they don't feel obligated to respond. It appears most of them aren't used to it and don't know how to handle it. I guess other men don't compliment them (maybe for fear of being thought gay?) and women don't, either (for fear of encouraging stalking or harassing behavior). It makes me sad to think of all the lonely people who get no affirmation from anybody. I'm old enough now that my days of being constantly sexually harassed are over, so I feel safe offering a few nice words.

Gay men, OTOH, totally know how to give and take a compliment.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the way.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is there an idiot guide how to do this? I've never pirated and I don't currently have a VPN. I use my Xbox for streaming straight to my TV using HDMI. I see posts like yours with various words like Plex, overseerr, docker, jellyfin, etc., and I don't know where to even start. I could Google it, but among the hundreds of results, I don't know which things are reputable, functional, and not malware.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Right? Such a good show.

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